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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

English story Reading practice

Rekha was seventeen years old. As she was verybeautiful, many men wanted to marry her. She did not want tomarry the men in her village. Rekha said to her father, “I amvery beautiful and I have many jewels. I want to live in a largehouse and I don’t want to do any work in the house”.

Rekha’s father replied “We don’t know any one who isrich. I am sure you wouldn’t like living in a town. You will bebetter off in the village. Why don’t you marry Ajay? He isindeed a very good bridegroom”. But Rekha remained firm andsaid, “I will marry only a rich man.”

One day an artist reached that village. He drew manypictures and painted them in colours. On seeing Rekha the artistobserved to her father; “Your daughter is very beautiful. I wantto draw her picture and colour it.” Rekha’s father obliged theartist’s request.

Hence the artist began drawing Rekha’s picture andcolouring it. The artist visited Rekha’s house everyday to do hisjob. One day he said to her, “Your eyes in the picture look verybeautiful. If you adorn those eyes with jewellery they will lookeven better.” These comments made Rekha part with two of herjewels to adorn her eyes in the picture.

The next day the artist continued to make a few morecomments, “Your lips in the picture are simply charming. Afew pieces of jewellery on them will make the picture even morecharming.” Rekha gladly parted with two more of her jewels toadorn the lips in the picture.

On the third day the artist observed, “You have beautifuljewels on your ears and your fingers. If you adorn your picturewith those jewels, the portrait will simply be graceful.”Immediately Rekha took the jewels out of her ears andfingers and gave them to the artist. The artist said, “It will takeme some time to place those pieces of jewellery perfectly on thispicture. So I will take them home and do it there. Tomorrow Iwill bring you back your picture which will be the mostbeautiful picture in the world”. Then he went away.

Some days later, Rekha’s father wanted to know whereher jewels were. Rekha admitted to having given them to theartist for adorning her picture. Rekha’s father was enraged andsaid, “We do not know where he lives. What will you do if hedoesn’t come back at all?”

Rekha’s father was quite correct. The artist never cameback. Rekha lost all her jewels owing to her folly.Then Rekha married Ajay and lived happily in thevillage. Whenever Ajay insisted that they should visit the town,she always observed, “I’m happier in the village and I don’twant to visit the town”.